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{{Infobox national water polo team
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| Association = [[Hellenic Swimming Federation]]
| Association = [[Hellenic Swimming Federation]]
| Confederation = LEN
| Confederation = LEN
| Coach = [[Theodoros Lorantos]]
| Coach = [[Alexia Kammenou]]
| Asst coach = [[Antigoni Roumpesi]]
| Asst coach = Xenofon Lempesis<br>Anastasios Pyrpyris
| Captain = [[Christina Tsoukala]]
| Captain = [[Margarita Plevritou]]
| Most caps =
| Most caps =
| Top scorer =
| Top scorer =
| Home venue =
| Home venue =
| FINA ranking = 10
| FINA ranking = 7
| FINA ranking date = February 2020
| FINA ranking date = 1 August 2023
| FINA highest = 5
| FINA highest = 5
| FINA highest year = 2011
| FINA highest year = 2011
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| Biggest win =
| Biggest win =
| Biggest defeat =
| Biggest defeat =
| Olympics apps = 2
| Olympics apps = 3
| Olympics first = 2004
| Olympics first = 2004
| Olympics best = {{silver2}} ([[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]])
| Olympics best = {{silver2}} ([[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]])
| World champ apps = 11
| World champ apps = 14
| World champ first = 1998
| World champ first = 1998
| World champ best = {{gold1}} ([[Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|2011]])
| World champ best = {{gold1}} ([[Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|2011]])
| World cup apps = 5
| World cup apps = 6
| World cup first = 1997
| World cup first = 1997
| World cup best = 6th place ([[1997 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup|1997]], [[2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup|2006]])
| World cup best = 5th place ([[2023 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup|2023]])
| World league apps = 7
| World league apps = 7
| World league first = 2004
| World league first = 2004
| World league best = {{gold1}} ([[2005 FINA Women's Water Polo World League|2005]])
| World league best = {{gold1}} ([[2005 FINA Women's Water Polo World League|2005]])
| Regional cup name = [[European Water Polo Championship|European Championship]]
| Regional cup name = [[European Water Polo Championship|European Championship]]
| Regional cup apps = 16
| Regional cup apps = 17
| Regional cup first = [[1989 Women's European Water Polo Championship|1989]]
| Regional cup first = [[1989 Women's European Water Polo Championship|1989]]
| Regional cup best = {{silver2}} ([[2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2010]], [[2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2012]], [[2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2018]])
| Regional cup best = {{silver2}} ([[2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2010]], [[2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2012]], [[2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2018]], [[2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2022]])
| 2ndRegional cup name = [[LEN Europa Cup|Europa Cup]]
| 2ndRegional cup name = [[LEN Europa Cup|Europa Cup]]
| 2ndRegional cup apps = 1
| 2ndRegional cup apps = 1
| 2ndRegional cup first = 2018
| 2ndRegional cup first = 2018
| 2ndRegional cup best = {{gold1}} ([[2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup|2018]])
| 2ndRegional cup best = {{gold1}} ([[2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup|2018]])
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The '''Greece women's national water polo team''' represents [[Greece]] in international women's [[water polo]] competitions. Since the mid-1990s, Greece have emerged as one of the leading powers in the world, becoming [[Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships#Women's tournament|World Champions]] after their gold medal win at the [[Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|2011 World Championship]]. They have also won the silver medal at the [[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]], the gold medal at the [[2005 FINA Women's Water Polo World League|2005 World League]], 3 silver medals at the [[2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2010]], [[2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2012]] and [[2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2018 European Championships]]<ref>[http://www.len.eu/Press/Flash%20Quotes%20D7%20W%20-%20Greece%20v%20Turkey%2028-3,%20Group%20A.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131234049/http://www.len.eu/Press/Flash%20Quotes%20D7%20W%20-%20Greece%20v%20Turkey%2028-3%2C%20Group%20A.aspx |date=31 January 2016 }}</ref><ref>[http://aquafeed24.com/alexandra-asimaki-interview-aquafeed24/ H αρχηγός της Εθνικής, Αλεξάνδρα Ασημάκη, στο Aquafeed24.com]</ref> and the gold medal at the [[2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup|2018 Europa Cup]].
The '''Greece women's national water polo team''' represents [[Greece]] in international women's [[water polo]] competitions. Since the mid-1990s, Greece have emerged as one of the leading powers in the world, becoming [[Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships#Women's tournament|World Champions]] after their gold medal win at the [[Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|2011 World Championship]].
They have also won the silver medal at the [[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]], the gold medal at the [[2005 FINA Women's Water Polo World League|2005 World League]], 4 silver medals at the [[2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2010]], [[2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2012]], [[2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2018 European Championships]] and [[2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2022 European Championships]]<ref>[http://www.len.eu/Press/Flash%20Quotes%20D7%20W%20-%20Greece%20v%20Turkey%2028-3,%20Group%20A.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131234049/http://www.len.eu/Press/Flash%20Quotes%20D7%20W%20-%20Greece%20v%20Turkey%2028-3%2C%20Group%20A.aspx|date=31 January 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://aquafeed24.com/alexandra-asimaki-interview-aquafeed24/ H αρχηγός της Εθνικής, Αλεξάνδρα Ασημάκη, στο Aquafeed24.com]</ref> and the gold medal at the [[2018 LEN Women's Europa Cup|2018 Europa Cup]]. Since 2021, the head coach of the Greek National Team is [[Alexia Kammenou]], a former water polo player.


==Honours==
==Honours==
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===Silver medals===
===Silver medals===
* '''[[Water polo at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]:''' [[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]
* '''[[Water polo at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]:''' [[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]
* '''[[European Water Polo Championship|European Championship]]:''' [[2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2010]], [[2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2012]], [[2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2018]]
* '''[[European Water Polo Championship|European Championship]]:''' [[2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2010]], [[2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2012]], [[2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2018]], [[2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2022]]


===Bronze medals===
===Bronze medals===
* '''[[FINA Water Polo World League|World League]]''': [[2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League|2007]], 2010, [[2012 FINA Women's Water Polo World League|2012]]
* '''[[FINA Water Polo World League|World League]]''': [[2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League|2007]], 2010, [[2012 FINA Women's Water Polo World League|2012]]
* '''[[Water polo at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]''': [[Water polo at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Women's tournament|2018]]
* '''[[Water polo at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]''': [[Water polo at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Women's tournament|2018]]
* [[European Water Polo Championship|'''European Championship''']]: [[2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2024]]


{| class="wikitable" width=30% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" width=30% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
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|-
|-
|align=left|[[European Water Polo Championship|European Championship]]
|align=left|[[European Water Polo Championship|European Championship]]
|0 || 3 || 0 || 3
|0 || 4 || 1 || 5
|-
|-
|align=left|[[LEN Europa Cup|Europa Cup]]
|align=left|[[LEN Europa Cup|Europa Cup]]
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|0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|-
! Total !! 3 !! 4 !! 4 !! 11
! Total !! 3 !! 5 !! 4 !! 13
|}
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!width="100"|Position
!width="100"|Position
|- style="background:
|- style="background:
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Water Polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] || {{0|&nbsp;{{Ref label|A|a|none}}}}6th{{Ref label|A|a|none}}
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] (unofficial competition) || {{0|&nbsp;{{Ref label|A|a|none}}}}6th{{Ref label|A|a|none}}
|-bgcolor=silver
|-bgcolor=silver
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] || {{silver2}}
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2004]] || {{silver2}}
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] || 8th
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2008]] || 8th
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2024]] || 7th
!Total||3/4
|-
!Total||3/7
|}
|}


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|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|2019]] || 8th
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|2019]] || 8th
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|2022]] || 7th
!Total||11/14
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|2023]] || 8th
|-style="background:#9acdff;"
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|2024]] || 4th
|-
!Total||14/17
|}
|}


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|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup|2010]] || 7th
|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup|2010]] || 7th
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[2023 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup|2023]] || 5th
!Total||5/15
|-
!Total||6/18
|}
|}


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|{{flagicon|China}} [[2012 FINA Women's Water Polo World League|2012]] || {{bronze3}}
|{{flagicon|China}} [[2012 FINA Women's Water Polo World League|2012]] || {{bronze3}}
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[2021 FINA Women's Water Polo World League|2021]] || 6th
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League|2020]] || 6th
|-
|-
!Total||8/19
!Total||8/19
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|-
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2020]] || 6th
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2020]] || 6th
|-bgcolor=silver
|-
|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2022]] || {{silver2}}
!Total||16/18
|-bgcolor=cc9966
|{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2024]] || {{bronze3}}
|-bgcolor=bronze3
!Total||18/20
|}
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==Team==
==Team==
===Current squad===
===Current squad===
Roster for the [[2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament]].
Roster for the [[Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2024 Summer Olympics]].


{{#section:Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters|GRE}}
Head coach: [[Theodoros Lorantos]]


===Past squads===
{| class="wikitable sortable" text-align:center;"
|-
!No
!Name
!Pos.
!Date of birth
!Height
!Weight
!L/R
!Caps
!Club
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1 || style="text-align:left;"|[[Chrysi Diamantopoulou]] || style="text-align:center;"|GK || style="text-align:left;"|{{birth date and age|1995|9|22|df=y}} || {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} || {{convert|70|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} || style="text-align:center;"|L || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team|Olympiacos]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2 || style="text-align:left;"|[[Christina Tsoukala]] (C) || style="text-align:center;"|FP || style="text-align:left;"|{{birth date and age|1991|7|8|df=y}} || {{convert|1.84|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} || {{convert|75|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} || style="text-align:center;"|R || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team|Olympiacos]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|3 || style="text-align:left;"|[[Foteini Tricha]]|| style="text-align:center;" |DF || style="text-align:left;"|{{birth date and age|2005|4|26|df=y}}|| {{convert|1.74|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}|| {{convert|72|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} || style="text-align:center;"|R || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team|Olympiacos]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|4 || style="text-align:left;"|[[Nikoleta Eleftheriadou]] || style="text-align:center;"|W || style="text-align:left;"|{{birth date and age|1998|1|17|df=y}} || {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} || {{convert|66|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} || style="text-align:center;"|R || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team|Olympiacos]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|5 || style="text-align:left;"|[[Margarita Plevritou]] || style="text-align:center;"|DF || style="text-align:left;"|{{birth date and age|1994|11|17|df=y}} || {{convert|1.77|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} || {{convert|73|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} || style="text-align:center;"|R || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team|Olympiacos]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|6 || style="text-align:left;"|[[Eleni Xenaki]]|| style="text-align:center;" |FP || style="text-align:left;"|{{birth date and age|1997|7|5|df=y}}|| {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}|| {{convert|60|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} || style="text-align:center;"|L || style="text-align:center;" | || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[NC Vouliagmeni]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7 || style="text-align:left;"|[[Eirini Ninou]]|| style="text-align:center;" |FP || style="text-align:left;"|20 September 2002 (age 18) || 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) || 61 kg (134 lb) || style="text-align:center;" |R || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[NC Vouliagmeni]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|8 || style="text-align:left;"|[[Maria Patra]]|| style="text-align:center;" |FP || style="text-align:left;"|17 October 1998 (age 21) || 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) || 69 kg (152 lb) || style="text-align:center;" |R || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[NC Vouliagmeni]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|9 || style="text-align:left;"|[[Christina Kotsia]] || style="text-align:center;"|DF || style="text-align:left;"|{{birth date and age|1994|7|10|df=y}} || {{convert|1.79|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} || {{convert|70|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} || style="text-align:center;"|R || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[NC Vouliagmeni]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10 || style="text-align:left;"|[[Vasiliki Plevritou]]|| style="text-align:center;" |W || style="text-align:left;"|{{birth date and age|1998|6|8|df=y}}|| {{convert|1.77|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}|| {{convert|63|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} || style="text-align:center;"|R || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team|Olympiacos]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|11 || style="text-align:left;"|[[Eleftheria Plevritou]] || style="text-align:center;"|W || style="text-align:left;"|{{birth date and age|1997|4|23|df=y}} || {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} || {{convert|67|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} || style="text-align:center;"|R || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team|Olympiacos]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|12 || style="text-align:left;"|[[Maria Myriokefalitaki]]|| style="text-align:center;" |CF || style="text-align:left;"|{{birth date and age|2001|1|8|df=y}}|| {{convert|1.79|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}|| {{convert|79|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} || style="text-align:center;"|R || style="text-align:center;" | || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team|Olympiacos]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|13 || style="text-align:left;"|[[Ioanna Stamatopoulou]] || style="text-align:center;"|GK || style="text-align:left;"|{{birth date and age|1998|6|17|df=y}} || {{convert|1.84|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} || {{convert|72|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} || style="text-align:center;"|R || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team|Olympiacos]]
|-
|14
|[[Sofia Tornarou]]
|CB
|23 July 2004 (age16)
|1.74 m (5 ft 8.5 in)
|70 kg
|R
|
|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team|Olympiacos]]
|-
|15
|[[Ioulia Anna Kontoni]]
|W
|30 May 2001 (age 19)
|1.74 m (5 ft 8.5 in)
|60 kg
|R
|
|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[NC Vouliagmeni]]
|}

==Past squads==
{{div col}}
{{div col}}
* '''[[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic Games]] – [[Image:Med 2.png]] ''Silver Medal'''''
* '''[[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic Games]] – [[Image:Med 2.png]] ''Silver Medal'''''
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* '''[[2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2018 European Championship]] – [[Image:Med 2.png]] ''Silver Medal'''''
* '''[[2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2018 European Championship]] – [[Image:Med 2.png]] ''Silver Medal'''''
:*[[Chrysi Diamantopoulou]], [[Christina Tsoukala]], [[Vasiliki Diamantopoulou]], [[Nikoleta Eleftheriadou]], [[Margarita Plevritou]], [[Alkisti Avramidou]], [[Alexandra Asimaki]], [[Ioanna Chydirioti]], [[Maria Patra]], [[Elisavet Protopapas]], [[Eleftheria Plevritou]], [[Eleni Xenaki]], [[Ioanna Stamatopoulou]]. Head Coach: [[Giorgos Morfesis]]
:*[[Chrysi Diamantopoulou]], [[Christina Tsoukala]], [[Vasiliki Diamantopoulou]], [[Nikoleta Eleftheriadou]], [[Margarita Plevritou]], [[Alkisti Avramidou]], [[Alexandra Asimaki]], [[Ioanna Chydirioti]], [[Maria Patra]], [[Elisavet Protopapas]], [[Eleftheria Plevritou]], [[Eleni Xenaki]], [[Ioanna Stamatopoulou]]. Head Coach: [[Giorgos Morfesis]]

* '''[[2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship|2022 European Championship]] – [[Image:Med 2.png]] ''Silver Medal'''''
:*[[Ioanna Stamatopoulou]], [[Eleftheria Plevritou]], [[Ioanna Chydirioti]], [[Eleni Elliniadi]], [[Margarita Plevritou]], [[Eleni Xenaki]], [[Eirini Ninou]], [[Maria Patra]], [[Foteini Tricha]], [[Vasiliki Plevritou]], [[Athina Giannopoulou]], [[Maria Myriokefalitaki]], [[Stefania Santa]], [[Christina Siouti]], [[Eleni Sotireli]], [[Alexandra Asimaki]]; Head Coach: [[Alexia Kammenou]]
{{div col end}}
{{div col end}}

==Under-20 team==
Greece lastly competed at the 2021 [[FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships]]<ref>[https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113997/2021-fina-world-womens-junior-water-polo Russia after fourth title at FINA World Women's Junior Water Polo Championship] Owen Lloyd ([[Inside the Games]]), 9 October 2021. Accessed 7 November 2021.</ref> where they won the silver medal.


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.koe.org.gr/ Official website]
*{{Official website}}


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Greece
FINA codeGRE
Nickname(s)Galanolefki (The Blue-white)
Ethniki (The National)
AssociationHellenic Swimming Federation
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachAlexia Kammenou
Asst coachXenofon Lempesis
Anastasios Pyrpyris
CaptainMargarita Plevritou
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current7 (as of 1 August 2023)
Highest5 (2011)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances3 (first in 2004)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2004)
World Championship
Appearances14 (first in 1998)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2011)
World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1997)
Best result5th place (2023)
World League
Appearances7 (first in 2004)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2005)
European Championship
Appearances17 (first in 1989)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2010, 2012, 2018, 2022)
Europa Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2018)
Mediterranean Games
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best result3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2018)
Media
Websitekoe.org.gr

The Greece women's national water polo team represents Greece in international women's water polo competitions. Since the mid-1990s, Greece have emerged as one of the leading powers in the world, becoming World Champions after their gold medal win at the 2011 World Championship.

They have also won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the gold medal at the 2005 World League, 4 silver medals at the 2010, 2012, 2018 European Championships and 2022 European Championships[1][2] and the gold medal at the 2018 Europa Cup. Since 2021, the head coach of the Greek National Team is Alexia Kammenou, a former water polo player.

Honours

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Gold medals

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Silver medals

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Bronze medals

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Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
World Championship 1 0 0 1
World League 1 0 3 4
European Championship 0 4 1 5
Europa Cup 1 0 0 1
Mediterranean Games 0 0 1 1
Total 3 5 4 13

Results

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Alexandra Asimaki, 2011 FINA World Player of the Year, led Greece to the 2011 World Championship in Shanghai
Alkisti Avramidou, prominent member of the Greek team that was crowned World Champion in 2011

Olympic Games

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Main article: Greece women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
Year[3] Position
United States 1996 (unofficial competition) 6th[a]
Greece 2004 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
China 2008 8th
France 2024 7th
Total 3/7

World Championship

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Year[3] Position
Australia 1998 5th
Japan 2001 7th
Spain 2003 9th
Canada 2005 5th
Australia 2007 8th
Italy 2009 4th
China 2011 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Spain 2013 6th
Russia 2015 6th
Hungary 2017 7th
South Korea 2019 8th
Hungary 2022 7th
Japan 2023 8th
Qatar 2024 4th
Total 14/17

FINA World Cup

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Year[3] Position
France 1997 6th
Canada 1999 8th
Australia 2002 7th
China 2006 6th
New Zealand 2010 7th
United States 2023 5th
Total 6/18

FINA World League

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Year[3] Position
United States 2004 6th
Russia 2005 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Canada 2007 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Russia 2009 7th
United States 2010 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
China 2011 4th
China 2012 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Greece 2020 6th
Total 8/19

European Championships

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Year Position
West Germany 1989 7th
Greece 1991 7th
United Kingdom 1993 7th
Austria 1995 4th
Spain 1997 7th
Italy 1999 5th
Hungary 2001 4th
Slovenia 2003 5th
Serbia 2006 6th
Spain 2008 6th
Croatia 2010 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Netherlands 2012 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hungary 2014 6th
Serbia 2016 5th
Spain 2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hungary 2020 6th
Croatia 2022 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Netherlands 2024 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Total 18/20

LEN Europa Cup

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Year Position
Spain 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Mediterranean Games

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Year Position
Spain 2018 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Note

a. ^ The women had to wait for Olympic recognition by the IOC, and played their own "Olympic Tournament" with twelve competing teams, from 29 May to 7 June 1996 in Emmen, Netherlands.

Team

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Current squad

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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The roster was announced on 4 July 2024.[4]

Head coach: Alexia Kammenou[5]

Past squads

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Under-20 team

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Greece lastly competed at the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships[7] where they won the silver medal.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ [1] Archived 31 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ H αρχηγός της Εθνικής, Αλεξάνδρα Ασημάκη, στο Aquafeed24.com
  3. ^ a b c d "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 56, 57, 67, 78, 83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Οι «13» της Αλεξίας Καμμένου για τους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες". koe.org.gr. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Team roster: Greece" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  6. ^ LEN Europa Cup 2018 – Final Greece–Russia 9–8
  7. ^ Russia after fourth title at FINA World Women's Junior Water Polo Championship Owen Lloyd (Inside the Games), 9 October 2021. Accessed 7 November 2021.
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